Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-25
THE ADMINISTRATIONS ATTACKED.

And now a Democratic administration,
elected bv chance, relying upOn the solid
South, count your electoral voIe as n certain
quantity, and, absolutely indifferent TO your
Interests, scheme and plan by con-
centration of the patronage and
Tree trade ideas of the great commercial city
OF New ! 0rk to carry the state Of New 1orS
Tor the Democratic ticket. The par Y in New
! ork com blnes the worst elements Of political
life IN the United States. All
the corruption htipgly presented
by the Boss Tweed machine politics. of
club, foreign interest Of free trade, and this
with the great majority IN the city, overrule
the voice and vote Of the sturdy yeomanry OF
the State. which. outside Of the city, is strong
ly Republican, In this way they would con-
fine your industries to the growth of cotton and
Keep you out of profitable development OF
your resources, and prevent thaJ natural
affinity Of ideas ana interests which formerly
bound the great Central and Western states
together. In this unholy alliance
that we should break up by union of man
hood and patriotism of the country, North
and South, IN support of what Henry Clay
called the American policy of developed In
dustries and internal Improvement.
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
Discussing the currency question, Mr..
Sherman said the existing admirable cur
rencv of uniform value, greenbacks,
national bank notes. coin certificates and
gold and silver was exclusively the
creation of the Republican party, and this
| of the old Democratic lines, which he
described as consisting OF ragged red dog
bank notes and shinplasters of uncertain
value and easily cOunterfeited. The
Democratic party, ne said, was too mar
| row and hide bound either to allow or
deny the power OF Congress
to provide a national currency, and
he said the loss to the people
OF the world by their system OF finance
no hnndr1nA
millions of dollars. Mr.. Sherman critl-
cised the present Democratic lack of
| policy in relation to the Treasury sur
| plus and silver coinage, saying:
The President will not allow the surplus TO
| be expended to improve our rivers and har-
| bors Mr.. Carlisle Will not even allow a vote on
| the reduction OF the tobacco tax Mr.. Randall
wants it taken Off whisky used in the arts.
| Together they oppose reduction of the sugar
| tax or The payment OF bounty for the produc-
| tion of domestic sugar. They cripple the
| national banks by refusing them facilities to
supply the void, and the result is we will
| have one extra session of Congress to relieve
| the sJringency of tue money market IL
would be hard to measure what our Demo
cratic friends don't know about finance and
| currency.
AID TO EDUCATION.
| So also as to the education OF the people
| The Republican party is in favor OF aiding
| the States In the education Of illiterate chill
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| money. Take also the question OF internal
| improvements, upon which there is an honest
| difference of opinion as to the extent and
| limit they should be made by the natlonal
| government. / am not in favor OF mere local
| improvements which do not add to the gem
| eral commerce of the country. All such can
! be left to the States The improvement or the
| Mississippi, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers
| is of the greatest Importance to our internal
| and external commerce, yet your state can
not make these improvements. One OF the
| great objects of the formation of the govern
| ment was to secure such Improvements for
| commerce. If President Cleveland had ever
been west of Buffalo ne would never
have pocketed the river ana har-
it is wise public policy to erect suitable public
buildings to carry on the business of the
| country wherever the amount OF business
| will Justify such an expenditure.
Senator Sherman then paid glowing
| tribute to the magnificent record Of
the Republican party, and then submitted to
| the people of Tennessee whether such party
| ia not to be preferred 10 the old moth eaten
| Democratic party of the United States,
| which has no distinctive line of pub
lie nolicv, which cannot agree upon
| a public measure, which takes so mar
| row a view of our form of government ana
| so narrow q view of the constitutional powers
OF the government that IL haggles on every
staw and stumbles at every pebble: Which is
| kent alive only by recoections of the dead
! past. confederate with The free trade ideas OF
| the CITY OF New York, a party whose
| very existence threatens the industrial and
| financial system built up by the Republican
| party that would stop, and has already stop
ped, the improvement OF your rivers and
commerce aud the development Of your
| poSural reSources.